An Irish perspective on education for all who value teaching
Episodes
Oct 7, 2015
Oct 7, 2015
28 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
On this week's programme I interviewed presenters at the Teachmeet that was organised as part of the Literacy Association of Ireland 2015 conference.
The first person I spoke to was Susan Nic Réamoinn from Griffeen Valley Educate Together National School. She spoke about Sheppard Software, Michael Rosen's website and Teacher's Pet
Next I spoke to Mary Jo Bell from Mrs. Bell's Class about Flipsnackedu. Mary Jo also told me about how she uses Animoto.
Then I spoke to Ian Roller from DIT about their news website for Irish children called CLiC News.
Finally, from another conference, Enirdelm, I spoke to Tim Hurley from Drumcondra Education Centre.
Apr 29, 2015
Apr 29, 2015
28 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
The guest on this week's programme was educational historian Antonia McManus. She appeared on the programme to mark the publication by The History Press Ireland of her book Irish Education: The Ministerial Legacy, 1919-1999. On this part of the interview Antonia McManus describes how the dominant education policy for the first four decades of the new state was the promotion of the Irish language and how four ministers for education rather than just one helped bring about free second level education. The second part of the interview will be on next week's programme.
Dec 18, 2013
Dec 18, 2013
26 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.
In this podcast I bring you the second part of my two-part interview with Harvard University Professor, Catherine Snow. Professor Snow was in Ireland as a guest of the Reading Association of Ireland and she gave a keynote speech at the annual conference of the Association in September 2013.
Dec 16, 2013
Dec 16, 2013
25 min
On this podcast in the first of a two-part interview I speak to Professor Catherine Snow from Harvard Graduate School of Education about several aspects of language and literacy. She visited Ireland as a guest of the Reading Assocation of Ireland.
Jun 24, 2013
Jun 24, 2013
27 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I speak to Dr. Eemer Eivers, Aidan Clerkin and Dr. Mary Lewis of the Educational Research Centre about the publication of National Schools, International Contexts: Beyond the PIRLS and TIMSS Test Results. The report outlines the factors that are believed to have influenced our results on the maths, reading, and science tests which were published at the end of 2012 and compares the factors across countries. You can hear about the results here.
Mar 18, 2013
Mar 18, 2013
28 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme, Joe Dale, who presented at the CESI Conference 2013, talks about many ways in which technology can support language learning. Among the applications and websites he mentioned in the course of the conversation are the following: Websites: Linguascope, Kelda Richards, Paper.li, MFL Times, Sound Cloud, Apps: Aurasma, Hot potatoes, Cue prompter, I Said What?!, Audioboo, Software: Audacity,
Feb 24, 2013
Feb 24, 2013
31 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this programme retired primary teacher and philosopher, John Doyle, shares his experiences and reflections on teaching poetry to children in primary school. Among the poets he mentions are Christina Rossetti, William Butler Yeats and Robert Frost.
Jan 1, 2013
Jan 1, 2013
29 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I spoke to Dr. Eemer Eivers, research fellow, and Aidan Clerkin, research associate, at the Educational Research Centre at St. Patrick's College about the performance of Irish fourth class children on the PIRLS and TIMSS tests. In the tests Irish children's performance on reading, maths and science was compared with the performance of children in up to 50 other countries. The guests authored the Irish report, which can be viewed here.
Nov 26, 2012
Nov 26, 2012
27 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
On this week's programme Síle Ní Fhearáin discusses how she became a teacher, her time in Belcamp College and the experience of moving to Pobalscoil Neasáin after 33 years teaching in Belcamp College. She also discusses the teaching of Irish. Next week I'll speak to Síle about attendance and discipline.
Nov 19, 2012
Nov 19, 2012
29 min
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme Professor Margaret M. Clark, who was in Ireland as a guest of the Reading Association of Ireland, discusses topics including literacy, research and early years education.